Archive for the 'Jane Fonda' Tag Under 'Letters To The Editor' Category

LAGUNA NIGUEL, Bruce Stewart: Regarding columnist Gwynne Dyer's article that that America has allowed the demographic transformation of America through some kind of altruism in immigration [“Why did America do it?” Commentary, June 10]: He writes as if the white majority decided that this is the right thing to do because our ancestors were immigrants, etc. – that the transformation was about “fairness.” The people who benefit from cheap labor use that argument to get the rest of us to accept the destruction of the American middle class.

Who benefits from mass Third World immigration? People who benefit from cheap labor. And who are these people? Mostly upper-middle class and the “rich.” So how do the “rich” get the middle-class person to accept a lower and lower pay scale and standard of living?

Ever since the Holocaust, racism and bigotry have been vilified – and rightly so – as the scourge of mankind, so what better way to cow you into compliance than to say: “You are racist. You are xenophobic. You hate brown people.” So you back off and allow the floodgates of the Third World to open up and then you wonder why you are out of work – or working for far less as the law of supply and demand works its magic.

Meanwhile, politicians who have cowed you into acceptance reap handsome campaign contributions from the people who benefit – the “rich.” We are played for a patsy as part of the global agenda that makes the wealthy, wealthier.

MISSION VIEJO, Pat Paternoster: I have often wondered how much the American citizen's “net worth” has dropped in the past 20 years, and now the Wall Street Journal has reported that it is about $50,000 for most people, or approximately 40 percent. Just imagine how many people are in destitute situations who were worth $50,000 or less and some citizens, worth more than $50,000, may have their heads barely above water.

When you think of all the years of hard work it took to reach $50,000, and then it disappears in just 20 years, it hardly gives the average, hardworking citizen today very much to look forward to in the next 20 years. If only governments on all levels would just get out of the way so we could have a decent chance of getting ahead, it sure would brighten the future and offer much more incentive to work hard and keep more of what we earn.

-HUNTINGTON BEACH, Dan Johancsik: Even though I remain a Republican, I can appreciate a Democrat with a sense of commitment and vision. I remember President John Kennedy's famous speech challenging Americans to walk on the moon and how it filled me with reverence for this great country of ours. I also remember working in aerospace here in California (the hub of the industry) when management brought in TV for us to watch the space shuttle launch and landing. I also remember the cheer that went up when that mission had been accomplished.

So much for all that.

Now aerospace has fled California where the No. 1 industry is lawn mowing and smuggling cell phones to imprisoned felons so they can run their criminal empires from within prison walls. Now the shuttle has been scrapped and the once-glorious NASA must go begging to the Russians in order to hitch a ride out of the cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Instead of reporting facts, the article editorialized by including only one-sided opinions from a few local religious leaders, framing the issue as either religious tolerance or taxpayers' money spent to prosecute these Muslim students.

The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution protects the right to free speech. Consider the contrast between the United States and most Middle Eastern countries. What would the penalties be if American students, in a foreign country, were to shout down a speaker with whom they did not agree?

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